OT: How best to record "off-the-air" HD-TV?

[Vaughn Treude]

Josef Lowder wrote:
> .
> This might not be OT if there is a way to use a Linux computer 
> to do what I want to do. 
> 
> Being fed up with cable/dish gouging and being force-fed 100+
> garbage channels that we *do not* want, a few months ago,
> we switched to just viewing "off-the-air" TV.  The HD signal 
> is so fabulous that we don't even watch anything that is not HD. 
> 
> The one problem, however, is that I have been told there is no
> way to record HD (and other digital) channels from "off-the-air" 
> broadcast; and that the only way record HD-TV is with a Tivo and 
> being forced to pay a monthly subscription fee? 

No, you've been misinformed about that.  We recently got an LG plasma TV 
with a built-in DVR.  It works great!  And although we thought we'd need 
to get cable, we have not yet done so.  We were totally surprised at the 
signal quality of the free HD stations, especially channel 8 and the 
extra programming you get with a digital tuner.

Vaughn

> 
> Is this true, or are there any other HD-recording products 
> available and some other way to record HD programs "off-the-air"? 
> 
> Searching the 'net, I found that there used to be a Sony HD-DVR 
> that could record HD "off-the-air" but it was a very costly 
> product and is no longer available unless you can find a used 
> one on ebay. 
> 
> Are there any other options?
> 
> 
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